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S. HRG. 100-573
NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED
SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION, 100TH CONGRESS
ROBERT T. HERRES (JANUARY 28); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (FEBRUARY 25);
JAMES H. WEBB (APRIL 6); JOHN R. GALVIN (MAY 20); CARL E.
VUONO (JUNE 10); ALFRED GRAY, JR. (JUNE 24); H. LAWRENCE GAR-
RETT III (AUGUST 4); ADM. WILLIAM J. CROWE, JR. (SEPTEMBER 29);
JOHN J. WELCH, JR. (OCTOBER 9); KATHLEEN A. BUCK (OCTOBER 9);
JUNE GIBBS BROWN (OCTOBER 14); STEPHEN M. DUNCAN (OCTOBER
16); FRANK C. CARLUCCI (NOVEMBER 12); ROBERT B. COSTELLO (NO-
VEMBER 19); SAMUEL KENRIC LESSEY, JR. (NOVEMBER 24); ROBERT
W. PAGE, SR. (DECEMBER 1); KENNETH P. BERGQUIST (DECEMBER 10);
ROBERT C. DUNCAN (DECEMBER 11); LT. GEN. COLIN POWELL (DECEM-
BER 15); THOMAS F. FAUGHT (DECEMBER 18)
JANUARY 28; FEBRUARY 25; APRIL 6; MAY 20; JUNE 10, 24; AUGUST 4; SEPTEMBER 29; OCTOBER 9, 14, 16; NOVEMBER 12, 19, 24; DECEMBER 1, 10, 11, 15, 18, 1987
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SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION, 100TH
CONGRESS
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
NOMINATIONS OF
JANUARY 28; FEBRUARY 25; APRIL 6; MAY 20; JUNE 10, 24; AUGUST 4;
SEPTEMBER 29; OCTOBER 9, 14, 16; NOVEMBER 12, 19, 24; DECEMBER 1, 10, 11, 15, 18, 1987
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
77-336
WASHINGTON : 1988
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U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402
SAM NUNN, Georgia, Chairman
JOHN C. STENNIS, Mississippi
JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia
J. JAMES EXON, Nebraska
STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CARL LEVIN, Michigan
GORDON J. HUMPHREY, New Hampshire
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico
DAN QUAYLE, Indiana
ALAN J. DIXON, Illinois
PETE WILSON, California
JOHN GLENN, Ohio
PHIL GRAMM, Texas
ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee
STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho
TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado
JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona
RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama
ARNOLD L. PUNARO, Staff Director
CARL M. SMITH, Staff Director for the Minority
JEFFREY H. SMITH, General Counsel
CHRISTINE COWART DAUTH, Chief Clerk
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CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES
JANUARY 28, 1987
Page
1
Nomination of Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, to serve as Vice Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Herres, Gen. Robert T., U.S. Air Force, nominated to serve as Vice Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff..
4
FEBRUARY 25, 1987
Nomination of Robert B. Costello, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Logistics......
Costello, Robert B., nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisi-
tion and Logistics.
15
23
49
62
APRIL 6, 1987
Nomination of James H. Webb, Jr., to be Secretary of the Navy
Webb, James H., Jr., nominee for Secretary of the Navy.
MAY 20, 1987
Nomination of Gen. John R. Galvin to the position of Supreme Allied Com-
mander Europe, and Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command............
Galvin, Gen. John R....
95
100
JUNE 10, 1987
Nomination of Gen. Carl E. Vuono, U.S. Army, to be the U.S. Army Chief of
Staff.
Vuono, Gen. Carl E., nominee to be Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
115
119
JUNE 24, 1987
Nomination of Lt. Gen. Alfred Gray, Jr., USMC, to be Commandant of the
Marine Corps
Gray, Lt. Gen. Alfred M., Jr., USMC..
139
144
157
166
AUGUST 4, 1987
Nomination of H. Lawrence Garrett III, to be Under Secretary of the Navy
Garrett, H. Lawrence, III
SEPTEMBER 29, 1987
Nomination of Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., U.S. Navy, for reappointment as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Crowe, Adm. William J., Jr., for reappointment as Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff
187
190
OCTOBER 9, 1987
Nomination of John J. Welch, Jr., of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics .......
231